Our public schools have a hard time dealing with autistic students mainstreamed into the general education classroom. I know this because I have a 12-year-old autistic son in sixth grade, and my wife ...

People with autism suffer from problems with social interaction, social communication, and imagination. The best time to break through the impairments and help them connect with the world is when ...

The moment of truth came for Yale researcher Warren Jones over 13 years ago. He was a sophomore at Yale pursuing a double major in art and engineering when a small seminar on autism changed the course ...

MILWAUKEE - A 9-year-old Milwaukee girl escapes from her special needs classroom – not once, but twice. Now, her parents are calling on Milwaukee Public Schools to do more to protect children just ...

DOES autism really belong in the mainstream classroom? Are our kids struggling? A teacher voices her controversial opinion. Are our teachers coping? Are the other kids in the classroom detrimentally ...

Having children with autism educated in mainstream classrooms benefits all students, according to an academic who specialises in learning difficulties. However, Edith Cowan University senior lecturer ...

Political pressure around autism classes for schools in June saw Minister Josepha Madigan pushing schools to open autism classes for September. But what happens when the 'quick fix' breaks children?